Control

Tesla's vehicles have an array of goofy Easter Eggs. From fart noises to Atari video games, the company isn't afraid to fly its freak flag. So it was no real surprise when the world found out that Tesla would be adding more games and that an SDK would be available for developers to port their…

Fire throw with me — After the beautiful-but-uneven Quantum Break, Remedy has emerged from its labs with gold. Sam Machkovech - Jun 3, 2019 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / One of the game's deformed monsters.Remedy EntertainmentSANTA MONICA, Calif.—For nearly 20 years, Remedy Entertainment has put out a streak of cinematic, weird, memorable video games. But…

Earlier this month I met with an enterprise-scale AWS customer. They told me that they are planning to go all-in on AWS, and want to benefit from all that we have learned about setting up and running AWS at scale. In addition to setting up a Cloud Center of Excellence, they want to set up…

Face-saving — Immigration agency reportedly collected the photos at a Canadian border crossing. Timothy B. Lee - Jun 11, 2019 4:08 pm UTC Enlarge / Border crossing.Cole Burston/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHackers have stolen thousands of photos of travelers and their license plates from a subcontractor of Customs and Border Protection, the agency announced on Monday.…

Between aiming, shooting and telekinetically throwing big metal boxes at baddies, each room has plenty of action to offer. Jesse's superpowers are dope, mostly because they're not too finicky. Items that she can pick up -- electrical boxes, metal panels, lights, concrete blocks -- are outlined in white, but even if there's no throwable object…

funny name, serious game — The promise of solid games like Alan Wake, Quantum Break has finally been fulfilled. Sam Machkovech - Aug 26, 2019 2:49 pm UTC Enlarge / This is what it looks (and feels) like to play the telekinetic insanity of Remedy Entertainment's latest game, Control.Remedy Entertainment Gamers of a certain age…

When Google announced the Pixel 4 last month, one of the features I was most excited to try out was Ambient EQ. Ambient EQ is what Google calls its automatic white balance adjustment feature. Using a sensor capable of measuring the color temperature of the ambient lighting (the TMD3702VC), Ambient EQ “dynamically adjusts the display…

This week Remedy returns with its first new game since Quantum Break, the creepy supernatural shooter Control. Out now on PS4, PC and Xbox One, it has a Metacritic rating of 81 and some intriguing trailers. In less interactive entertainment, Netflix's new Dark Crystal series debuts this week with a star-studded cast, while Amazon Prime…

Control is the part of a PROLOG interpreter that decides when to unify (move forward) and when to backtrack. This paper presents a simple and explicit control mechanism for PROLOG in six small slides. It then adds two additional slides to extend the mechanism with support for the cut goal. The source code of a…

The Xbox One’s October 2019 update gives parents much more granular control over how long their kids can use different apps and games. The update allows parents to set time limits on a per-app basis, which will apply regardless of whether a child is using the app on an Xbox One console, Windows 10 PC,…